SUVs
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With its new pair of Escape Hybrids, Ford re-enters a gas-electric landscape—and puts down a marker on future battery-electric vehicles, too.
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2020 Ford Explorer Hybrid rated at up to 28 mpg combined
The 2020 Ford Explorer Hybrid can tow up to 5,000 pounds, and it's been given an EPA rating of up to 28 mpg combined.
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2020 Lincoln Aviator Grand Touring plug-in hybrid is a placeholder, not a game-changer
Lincoln now promises all-electric SUVs, which makes the Aviator hybrid a small step toward a greener future—not a quantum leap.
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Boxy Bollinger B1 and B2 electric truck prototypes due for September reveal
Bollinger has teased the progress it's made with the B1 electric SUV and B2 electric pickup, both due for a September bow.
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Multiple Ford and Lincoln electric SUV models to arrive by 2023
A report suggests there will be several different fully electric SUV models from Ford and Lincoln by 2023, including some to be made in Michigan.
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Should Hummer return, all-electric? Twitter poll results
We asked readers whether Hummer should return as an all-electric brand. There was no runaway winner, but the responses give us a takeaway.
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The 2020 Mercedes-Benz EQC400 SUV is Mercedes’ first long-range fully electric vehicle, its fastest-charging EV, and a quiet and comfortable family vehicle.
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Audi E-tron electric SUV gets discounts just as it goes on sale
Just as the 2019 E-tron SUV starts arriving at dealerships, Audi is already offering big discounts on them. The biggest incentive so far is 1.9 percent financing on the E-tron for up to 66 months, which is significantly cheaper than most other models in Audi's lineup, according to our partners at...
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How the 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid 3-row crossover gets compact-car economy
The Highlander Hybrid is rated up to 34 mpg and can seat up to eight; that gas mileage beats any other three-row vehicle without a charge port.
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2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid arrives, promises 34 mpg combined
Facing its first three-row hybrid rival, the 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid that bowed Thursday at the 2019 New York auto show boasting one big number: 34 mpg combined, according to the automaker’s estimates. That’s 10 mpg higher than early estimates for the 2020 Ford Explorer Hybrid...
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Ford electric SUV could meet 300-mile target, and then some
Ford has been teasing—even promising—a new Mustang inspired high-performance electric SUV, perhaps called Mach E or Mach 1, that it says will have a 300-mile range. Now the company has announced that the model has earned a 370-mile range rating in the generous European WLTP driving...
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Which electric SUV would you buy? Take our Twitter poll
The Tesla Model Y will be the first model from the company to launch into a sea of electric competitors. Mainstream automakers, from Audi, BMW and Jaguar to Hyundai and Kia have announced new electric SUVs that are either already on the market or will be in the next few months. The Model Y is not...
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As Tesla finds its sea legs as a larger-scale global automaker, the launch of the Model Y small crossover is its most critical test since the California company started in 2003. No other Tesla has faced this much competition. No other Tesla has faced much of any. When Tesla first delivered the Roadster in 2008 it was a novelty. The peerless Model S that followed was revolutionary in the luxury performance sedan space; the Model X was the first long-range electric in the booming crossover segment. The Model 3 finally made the automotive world take Tesla seriously, even as delays and Elon...
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Fully electric Porsche Macan due by 2022 will replace gasoline model entirely
Porsche has somewhat publicly, for months if not years, been examining the possibility of producing an electric version of its top-selling model, the Macan. It turns out that may not have been the whole truth, and what's actually now confirmed is a huge step beyond just another version to satisfy...
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Infiniti QX Inspiration concept sets design direction for brand’s electric future
The future of Infiniti is electric. And today at the Detroit auto show the brand previewed the direction of a future electric Infiniti SUV—and the brand—with the QX Inspiration concept. With entirely new proportions allowed by electric powertrains, a cleaner, simplified exterior design...
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Long-range Cadillac SUV to lead GM's next electric-car push, in 3 years
On Sunday night, General Motors showed renderings of a future long-range, all-electric SUV to be offered roughly three years hence by its Cadillac luxury brand. The look at the brand's first battery-electric vehicle came as part of the 2019 Detroit auto-show debut for the 2020 Cadillac XT6, a...
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Rivian electric pickup, SUV ready for future 800V upgrade—possibly in 2022
The Michigan-based electric-vehicle hopeful Rivian claims that its upcoming R1T pickup and R1S sport-utility vehicle, both revealed last month around the LA Auto Show, will be able to recharge up to 200 miles of range in just 30 minutes—provided they’re connected to a DC fast charger...
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2019 Audi e-tron first drive: Redrawing the electric-vehicle boundaries
Road-tripping along in the 2019 Audi e-tron, your passenger might not even know (or care) that you’re in an all-electric utility vehicle—rather than just an extraordinarily quiet gasoline one. And as the driver, you might even forget. It gets right to Audi’s point behind the...
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Two years from now, the electric-vehicle startup Rivian hopes to be making its R1T electric pickup truck at a former Mitsubishi (and Chrysler) plant in Normal, Illinois. If everything goes according to plan, shortly after that, in early 2021, it will start to deliver its other so-called electric adventure vehicle: the R1S all-electric seven-passenger SUV. With the R1S, which Rivian has just previewed at the Los Angeles auto show, much is carried over from its also-hypothetical R1T—including the three model levels attached to 105-kwh, 135-kwh, and 180-kwh battery packs, with four motors...
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Kia smothers plans to bring Sorento diesel to America
The Kia Sorento may not get a diesel version for the U.S. after all. On the eve of the Paris Motor Show and the introduction of the production-spec Kia Niro EV, company officials have confirmed that it’s shelved plans to bring any diesel model Stateside for now. The hold is officially...
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Which electric SUV are you most excited about for 2019? Take our Twitter poll
For 2019, no fewer than 15 companies have announced that they will introduce new electric SUVs. Last week, our Twitter poll asked broadly which electric cars our followers were most excited about for 2019, and none of those SUVs took the prize. Instead, by an overwhelming majority, our Twitter...
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Audi e-tron electric crossover debuts to battle Tesla
And finally, there is Audi. Late Monday night, the German luxury maker debuted took to the stage in San Francisco with its long-awaited, first volume battery-electric vehicle, a five-seat midsize crossover utility to be known simply as e-tron. It also opened reservations and will allow customers to...
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2021 BMW X5 xDrive45e plug-in hybrid will have more range, 6 cylinders
On Friday, BMW revealed the next-generation X5 plug-in hybrid, with significantly more electric range and a 6-cylinder engine replacing the 4-cylinder in the current X5 plug-in hybrid. Based on the new third-generation X5, BMW says theX5 xDrive45e iPerformance will have up to 50 miles of electric...
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2018 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV gas mileage review: practical and efficient
The Mitsubishi Outlander plug-in hybrid is something of a missing link in the market for plug-in cars. There are finally plenty of choices for those who want to dispense with gas entirely and buy a small hatchback. Several electric SUVs are coming, but the only one that really lives up to the...
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